Davao moms to join global breastfeeding action
Mothers, including soon-to-be moms, and their partners will gather here in a breastfeeding mobilization on August 1 to campaign for breastfeeding of their infants.
IPs liken police to Army: “They hurt us”
Lumads said that like the Army who allegedly hurt them in their villages, the police also did it to them in the city amid an attempt to force them to go home.
Davao City Vice-Mayor Paolo Duterte said he and Mayor Rodrigo Duterte have been monitoring the situation and have sent buses for those who want to go home but said no one should be forced if they do not want to. VM Duterte asked for the City's 911 to render medical aid tho those who need it. (John Rizle L. Saligumba/davaotoday.com)
Local officials intervene in Davao City evacuation camp attack
Local officials here intervened in the commotion inside an evacuation camp, which the Davao City Police Office raided on Thursday morning.
Woman tribal leader nixes North Cotabato solon
Bai Bibyaon Bigkay, a Matigsalog leader from Talaingod, Davao del Norte, said she is dismayed with the attitude shown by North Cotabato Representative Nancy Catamco who is now under fire after a dialogue with lumad (tribal) evacuees in Davao City turned sour.
HAPPENING NOW: Davao police raid IP evacuation camp inside church compound
The police here raided early Thursday morning an evacuation camp where 700 indigenous people from Talaingod, Davao del Norte and some parts of Bukidnon province sought sanctuary for months now.